“2024 was another year in which polarization flared up. A year with many feelings of anger, dissatisfaction and fear,” Dijksma said in a packed large hall of TivoliVredenburg. The hall was the scene of the municipal New Year’s reception for the second time in a row. Key figures from Utrecht society have been invited, as have administrators from surrounding municipalities and the province.
Mayor Dijksma hopes for a year without discord: ‘Hope is a verb’
